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Ron Boyd is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia and has contributed to the field of Engineering through research primarily focused on Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Geophysics, and Geochemistry and Petrology. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics, with a strong emphasis on drilling and well engineering as well as reservoir engineering and simulation methods.

The scientist's research specifically covers several key areas:

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies

Ron Boyd has collaborated frequently with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Ulrich von Rad
  • Bilal U. Haq
  • Suzanne O'Connell
  • Alistair Bent
  • Charles D. Blome

Their publications often appear in several recurring venues mainly associated with open research data and geological sciences:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Journal of Geology

Among their recent papers, the following are noteworthy:

  • "Source of Detritus in Subducted Turbidites, Tectonic Mélange, Port Macquarie Block, Southern New England Orogen, Australia-A Geochemical Perspective" (2021), published in The Journal of Geology
  • "ODP Leg 122, Hole 760B - Well Logging Data" (2020), published by OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "ODP Leg 122, Hole 763B - Well Logging Data" (2020), published by OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "ODP Leg 122, Hole 759B - Well Logging Data" (2020), published by OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "ODP Leg 122, Hole 761C - Well Logging Data" (2020), published on Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Ron Boyd's body of work reflects a strong integration of engineering disciplines applied within geological and oceanographic contexts, with a particular focus on well and reservoir engineering and geological data analysis.

Best Publications

  • Estuarine facies models; conceptual basis and stratigraphic implications

    Robert W. Dalrymple;Brian A. Zaitlin;Ron Boyd

  • Classification of clastic coastal depositional environments

    R. Boyd;R. Dalrymple;B.A. Zaitlin

  • The Stratigraphic Organization of Incised-Valley Systems Associated with Relative Sea-Level Change

    Brian A. Zaitlin;Robert W. Dalrymple;Ron Boyd

  • Transgressive Depositional Systems of the Mississippi Delta Plain: A Model for Barrier Shoreline and Shelf Sand Development

    Shea Penland;Ron Boyd;John R. Suter

  • Estuarine and Incised-Valley Facies Models

    Ron Boyd;Robert W. Dalrymple;Brian A. Zaitlin

  • Incised-valley systems : origin and sedimentary sequences

    Robert W. Dalrymple;Ron Boyd;Brian A. Zaitlin

  • On balanced and unbalanced accommodation/peat accumulation ratios in the Cretaceous coals from Gates Formation, Western Canada, and their sequence-stratigraphic significance

    C Diessel;R Boyd;J Wadsworth;D Leckie

  • Highstand transport of coastal sand to the deep ocean: A case study from Fraser Island, southeast Australia

    Ron Boyd;Kevin Ruming;Ian Goodwin;Marianne Sandstrom

  • The Separation of the East Australian Current

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  • WISCONSINAN GLACIAL AND SEA-LEVEL HISTORY OF MARITIME CANADA AND THE ADJACENT CONTINENTAL SHELF : A CORRELATION OF LAND AND SEA EVENTS

    R. R. Stea;D. J. W. Piper;G. B. J. Fader;R. Boyd

  • History of Research, Types and Internal Organisation of Incised-Valley Systems: Introduction to the Volume

    Robert W. Dalrymple;Ron Boyd;Brian A. Zaitlin

  • Glacial Tunnel Valleys and Quaternary History of the Outer Scotian Shelf

    Ron Boyd;D. B. Scott;M. Douma

  • Relation of sequence stratigraphy to modern sedimentary environments

    Ron Boyd;John Suter;Shea Penland

  • Estuarine Facies Models: Conceptual Basis and Stratigraphic Implications: PERSPECTIVE

    Robert W. Dalrymple;Brian A. Zaitlin;Ron Boyd

  • Depositional Styles in a Low Accommodation Foreland Basin Setting: An Example from the Basal Quartz (Lower Cretaceous), Southern Alberta

    B.A. Zaitlin;M.J. Warren;D. Potocki;L. Rosenthal

  • Barrier island arcs along abandoned Mississippi River deltas

    Shea Penland;John R. Suter;Ron Boyd

  • Time‐sequence observations of wave‐formed sand ripples on an ocean shoreface

    R. Boyd;D. L. Forbes;D. E. Heffler

  • Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Meander-Belt Evolution, Cretaceous Mcmurray Formation, Alberta Foreland Basin, Canada

    Paul R. Durkin;Ron L. Boyd;Stephen M. Hubbard;Albert W. Shultz

  • Stratigraphic Expression of Intra-Point-Bar Erosion and Rotation

    Paul R. Durkin;Stephen M. Hubbard;Ron L. Boyd;Dale A. Leckie

  • High-resolution sequence-stratigraphic correlation between shallow-marine and terrestrial strata: Examples from the Sunnyside Member of the Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation, Book Cliffs, eastern Utah

    Roy Davies;John Howell;Ron Boyd;Stephen Flint

  • Evolution of fluvial meander-belt deposits and implications for the completeness of the stratigraphic record

    Paul R. Durkin;Stephen M. Hubbard;John Holbrook;Ron Boyd

  • An Evolutionary Model for Transgressive Sedimentation on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia

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  • Vertical and lateral variation in the petrography of the Upper Cretaceous Sunnyside coal of eastern Utah, USA: implications for the recognition of high-resolution accommodation changes in paralic coal seams

    R. Davies;Claus Diessel;J. Howell;S. Flint

  • Estuarine facies models; conceptual basis and stratigraphic implications; discussion and reply

    Paul A. Washington;Steven A. Chisick;Robert W. Dalrymple;Brian A. Zaitlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert W. Dalrymple
Robert W. Dalrymple Queen's University
James V. Gardner
James V. Gardner University of New Hampshire
David B. Scott
David B. Scott Dalhousie University
Dale A. Leckie
Dale A. Leckie University of Calgary
Bilal U. Haq
Bilal U. Haq Smithsonian Institution
Stephen M. Hubbard
Stephen M. Hubbard University of Calgary
Peter I. Macreadie
Peter I. Macreadie Deakin University
Paula J. Reimer
Paula J. Reimer Queen's University Belfast
Philip A. Meyers
Philip A. Meyers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jody M. Webster
Jody M. Webster University of Sydney

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